Claims government contracts going interstate

The Opposition claims the Government has overlooked local companies for a major building contract.

The Liberals say a $200 million Housing Tasmania contract will soon be awarded to a Sydney-based building maintenance company for the next five years.

The party has criticised the Tasmanian Government's approach to awarding large public contracts.

Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein says while there will be local employment from the contract, the profits will go to the company's interstate owners.

"When the Government is offering out tenders, the key that we want taken into account is local content and what the impact might be on the local economy of having local people tendering for and winning that work," he said.

"In this case, the profit's all going to go to the mainland. We want to see those profits and the jobs stay in Tasmania."

The Government says it is planning to award the Housing Tasmania maintenance contract to a single company, but will not say which one.